Core group
With the growing number of PRO’s that contribute to HIHR, a larger organization committee for future HIHR events became desirable. To this extend a core group has been set up to address the long-term sustainability of our initiative, as well as financing options and other strategic issues.
The following people have currently accepted a seat in the core group:
- Roel Bulthuis, INKEF Capital
- Duko Drijfhout, Erasmus MC
- Daisy Flamez, University Ghent
- Joris Heus, Amsterdam UMC
- Annick Houbrechts, Interface Entreprises, University of Liège
- Clemens Ostrowicz, University of Luxembourg – LCSB – chair
- Bram Perdu, KU Leuven Research & Development
- Esther Rodijk, TTT MedTech and UTwente
- Claar-els van Delft, Riverside Project Management
Past core group members are:
- Paul Van Dun, KU Leuven Research & Development
- Frank van de Ven, Technical University Eindhoven
- Koen Verhoef, Netherlands Cancer Institute – co founder
- Dominic De Groote, University Ghent – co founder
- Oscar Schoots, Incubator Utrecht – co founder
- Filip Goossens, PMV
Selection committee
Projects will be pre-selected by a relevant advisory committee to assure quality and to maximise impact. The selection committee assesses the nominated spin-offs, classifies the nominations into pitches and reviews the presentation of selected Spin-offs.
As per July 2022 the selection committee consists of the following members:
- Daisy Flamez, University of Ghent
- Louise Hoppel, Radboud UMC
- Duko Drijfhout, Erasmus MC
- Clemens Ostrowicz, University Luxembourg – (LCSB)
- Bram Perdu, KU Leuven Research & Development – chair selection cie
- Esther Rodijk, TTT MedTech and UTwente
- Carla van Heck, Wageningen University & Research
Past members
- Rudi Cuyvers, KU Leuven Research & Development Spin-off and Innovation
- Shobhit Dhawan, Oncode Oncology Bridge Fund
- Aard Groen, University of Groningen Centre of Entrepreneurship
- Annick Houbrechts, Interface Entreprises, University of Liège
- Jasper Keyman, Erasmus MC (University of Rotterdam)
- Thijs van den Munckhof, UNIIQ / University of Leiden
- Griet VanPoucke, VIB
- Henri Theunissen, Brightlands (University of Maastricht)
Management
The event organisation, general management and support of the core group and selection committee is taken care of by Claar-els van Delft, Riverside Project Management, with support of Carla van Heck, business developer at Heck Innovations.
For any inquiries on HIHR please contact claar-els@hihr.eu or by mobile phone +31 6 2848 0549.
Carla van Heck
